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Started by mike.mcdowall at 25 Mar 2010 12:46 PM. Topic has 3 replies.
  
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 25 Mar 2010, 12:46 PM
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mike.mcdowall
Joined on 03 Mar 2010
E.Lothian
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How well does beech respond to coppicing ?
I am thinking of cutting some overgrown hedge standards to the ground to generate new, thick hedge growth.
TIA, Mike.
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26 Mar 2010, 9:05 AM
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alauda26
Joined on 10 Jan 2006
Oxfordshire
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I think it hugely depends on the age of the beech - older standards are unlikely to respond well. It also seems to work better in the wetter, western parts of the UK?
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31 Mar 2010, 9:35 PM
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FarmerTom
Joined on 26 Mar 2010
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I took the top of a newly planted hedge in the hope of making it thick and bushy and found out afterwards that I should have let it grow to desired height first. It took a very long time to reach the height I wanted and was not very thick or bushy!!!
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04 May 2010, 8:34 PM
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mike.mcdowall
Joined on 03 Mar 2010
E.Lothian
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Thanks for the answers, and apologies I have been slow to respond.
Sounds like I should be wary of coppicing beech.
Mike.
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